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18 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
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Define the following:
Symbolism |
When one item is used to represent something abstract or intangible
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representation...
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Define the following:
Irony |
the use of words or events to express something (usually humorously) completely opposite than the literal sense
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NOT the same as COINCIDENCE!!!
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Define the following (define the difference):
Alliteration and Assonance |
Alliteration = repetition of consonance sounds
Assonance = repetition of vowel sounds |
If you can't keep them straight, just look at the last letter of each word. One ends with a vowel and one does not.
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Define the following:
Onomatopoeia |
A word used to imitate a sound
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BAM! or CRASH! or BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
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Define the following:
Metaphor |
a comparison between two things without the use of "like," "than," or "as"
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Define the following:
Simile |
a comparison between two things including the use of "like," "than," or "as"
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I like you AS MUCH AS yo mamma.
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Define the following:
Meter |
the rhythm of a poem defined by lines, stanzas, syllables, and the like
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Define the following:
Rhyme Scheme |
the presence or absense of rhyming in a poem, and when it occurs
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Define the following:
Blank Verse Poetry |
unrhymed iambic pentameter
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Define the following:
Iambic Pentameter |
a poem containing lines of ten syllables, ending in a rhymed verse
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Define the following:
Imagery |
lively description which impresses visual imgages upon the readers mind
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The tree stands alone
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Define the following:
Personification |
giving human characteristics to inanimate objects or nonhuman things
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The stars we glaring down at him
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Define the following:
Iceberg Theory |
The thought that 90% of the actual meaning of the poem is hidden to the reader and you have to dig deeper to find it.
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not lettuce, but deeper
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Define the following:
Quatrain |
a four line stanza or grouping of four lines of verse
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Define the following:
Paradox |
a situation or phrase that appears to be contradictory but which contains a truth worth considering
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Define the following:
Pun |
a play on words or a humorous use of a single word with multiple meanings
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Define the following:
Hyperbole |
exaggeration for emphasis
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I'm so hungry I could eat a cow
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Define the following:
Allusion |
A reference to the poem, event, or work outside the poem or literary piece
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